"he pushed me down again."" Charles's aunt, Princess Margaret, burned ""highly personal"" letters that Diana had written to the Queen Mother in 1993. Biographer William Shawcross considered Margaret's action to be ""understandable"" as she was ""protecting her mother and other members of the family"", but ""regrettable from a historical viewpoint"". Although she blamed Camilla Parker Bowles for her marital troubles, Diana began to believe that her husband had also been involved in other affairs. In October 1993, the Princess wrote to her butler Paul Burrell, telling him that she believed her husband was now in love with his personal assistant"
"by the press to rugby union player Will Carling and private equity investor Theodore J. Forstmann, yet these claims were neither confirmed nor proven. Journalist Martin Bashir interviewed Diana for the BBC current affairs show ""Panorama"". The interview was broadcast on 20 November 1995. The Princess discussed her and her husband's extramarital affairs. Referring to Charles's relationship with Camilla, she said: ""Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."" She also expressed doubt about her husband's suitability for kingship. Authors Tina Brown, Sally Bedell Smith and Sarah Bradford support Diana's admission in the"
"Washington Post"" wrote in an article that ""Diana imbued her role as royal princess with vitality, activism and, above all, glamour."" Alicia Carroll of ""The New York Times"" described Diana as ""a breath of fresh air"" who was the main reason the Royal Family was known in the United States. Despite all the marital issues and scandals, Diana continued to enjoy a high level of popularity in the polls while her husband was suffering from low levels of public approval. Her peak popularity rate in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 2012 was 47%. Diana had become what Prime Minister"
"wedding fashion in the years after the wedding. Continued appreciation for the dress was not universal. One 2004 bridal magazine listed it as ""too much dress, too little princess."" Nevertheless, Elizabeth Emanuel noted in 2011 that she still received requests for replicas of Diana's dress. In his 2003 memoir, ""A Royal Duty"", Paul Burrell wrote that Diana had wanted the dress to be part of the fashion collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The dress toured for many years with the exhibition ""Diana: A Celebration"", though generally it stayed for only part of the exhibit. Althorp House, Northampton was"
"glimpse of the couple en route to the ceremony. At the altar, Diana inadvertently reversed the order of Charles's first two names, saying ""Philip Charles"" Arthur George instead. She did not say that she would ""obey"" him; that traditional vow was left out at the couple's request, which caused some comment at the time. Diana wore a dress valued at £9,000 with a 25-foot (7.62-metre) train. After she became Princess of Wales, Diana automatically acquired rank as the third-highest female in the United Kingdom Order of Precedence (after the Queen and the Queen Mother), and was fifth or sixth in"
"of 1981, the nation's spirits were raised by the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The ceremony reached a global TV audience of 750 million people. It restored the royal family to the headlines where they would become a permanent fixture in tabloids and celebrity gossip publications, as well as a major tourist attraction. Diana became what Tony Blair called the ""People's Princess,"" an iconic national figure, rivalling or surpassing the Queen, until her divorce. Her accidental death brought an unprecedented spasm of grief and mourning. Her brother, the 9th Earl Spencer, captured her role: Diana was the"
"visitors to Britain was down significantly in July 1981, when Prince Charles and Diana were married, from the same period in other years, and also July 1986, when Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were married, was down from July 1985. On 16 and 17 February, three sets of guest lists were sent out in the name of the Queen. Many guests (or their successors in office) who were invited to the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer were not invited to William's wedding. The first list, consisting of about 1,900 people, attended the ceremony in the"
"who aren’t like us claim that hereditary rank is not part of human nature, they must be wrong. Now you’ve given me evolutionary proof!"" In January 2014, the Princess faced criticism after her interview with Conrad Black. She described the older generation of the Royal Family as ""boring for most people"". Princess Michael also said that she was ""very fond of"" Diana, Princess of Wales, but also stated that the late Princess had ""little education"", and both she and Sarah, Duchess of York, were abandoned by their mothers at a young age, which made it hard for them to deal"
"public as never before, and Diana's famous ""there were three of us in this marriage"" undoubtedly referred to Parker-Bowles. There was no mention of Legge-Bourke. However, on 24 January 1996, newspapers named Diana as the source of an untrue rumour circulated in November and December 1995 that Legge-Bourke had become pregnant by Charles and had had an abortion. It was reported that words had been exchanged between Diana and Legge-Bourke on the matter at a party on 14 December 1995, when Diana had said to her ""So sorry about the baby"", and an ""informed source"" was quoted as saying ""The"
"lived with her mother in London during her parents' separation in 1967, but during that year's Christmas holidays, Lord Althorp refused to let Diana return to London with Lady Althorp. Shortly afterwards he won custody of Diana with support from his former mother-in-law, Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy. In 1976, Lord Althorp married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth. Diana's relationship with her stepmother was particularly bad. She resented Raine, whom she called a ""bully"", and on one occasion Diana ""pushed her down the stairs"". She later described her childhood as ""very unhappy"" and ""very unstable, the whole thing"". Diana became known as"
"the wedding. Diana published an autobiography in 2005 of their life and (open) marriage together. The two participated in a televised celebrity couples quiz in the 1970s. Asked separately what made them decide to marry, Diana announced ""I was pregnant!"" and George, in his turn, merely said, ""The less said about that, the better."" George and Diana Melly had a country retreat, the Tower, at Scethrog in the Brecon Beacons, between 1971 and 1999. This was somewhere Melly could escape the jazz world and indulge his love of fishing on the River Usk. However, jazz followed him to Wales and"
"Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, and the mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Diana was born into the Spencer family, a family of British nobility, and she was the youngest daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Althorp. She grew up in Park House, situated on the Sandringham estate, and was educated in England and Switzerland."
"a title not formally correct and one she never held. She is still sometimes referred to in the media as ""Lady Diana Spencer"" or simply as ""Lady Di"". In a speech after her death, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair referred to Diana as the ""People's Princess"". The Princess of Wales held the following military appointments: She gave up these appointments following her divorce. Diana was born into the British Spencer family, different branches of which hold the titles of Duke of Marlborough, Earl Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Churchill of Whichwood. The Spencers claimed descent from a cadet branch of"
"or the King of England"". When the article was released, she showed it to the prince, which made him furious and he replied, ""You've just done something incredibly stupid"". The relationship dissolved soon after that. Some have stated the relationship between her and Diana was strained, because of her long resentment of the Prince marrying Diana and not her, though others (including Diana's biographer Andrew Morton) have said she was one of the few people Diana trusted. Later in Diana's life, she often accompanied Diana on official visits as one of her ladies-in-waiting. Upon the death of Diana on 31"
"has not been used for a thousand years - is it the right way to celebrate the third millennium by going back to the first?"" The wedding's broadcast garnered an estimated 200 million viewers from around the world. Many media outlets noted the more ""relaxed tone"" of the wedding compared to previous royal ceremonies, such as the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, which took place at the larger St Paul's Cathedral. One called it the ""people's wedding"", and 8,000 people were picked at random and invited into the castle grounds. The wedding ceremony was positively"
"the source of her power, thus she had ""overburdened herself with public duties"" and destroyed the border between private and public life. Diana was famously criticised by philosophy professor Anthony O'Hear who, in his notes argued that she was unable to fulfill her duties, her reckless behaviour was damaging the monarchy, and she was ""self-indulgent"" in her philanthropic efforts. Following his remarks, charity organisations that were supported by her defended the Princess, and Peter Luff called O'Hear's comments ""distasteful and inappropriate"". Further criticism surfaced as she was accused of using her public profile to benefit herself, which in turn ""demeaned"
"Blair will turn his modernisation pledge on to the royal family since he attempts to have her reconsider her views on the funeral plans. Diana's family, the Spencers, called for the funeral to be private. In the press, Diana is dubbed the ""People's Princess""; this begins an outpouring of grief by the general public in broadcasts, and displays of floral tributes so numerous at Buckingham and Kensington Palaces that the main entrances onto the complexes have to be rerouted. The senior members of the royal family make no effort to acknowledge Diana's significance to society and remain on holiday at"
"or heir to the throne had completed a university degree. Novelist Monica Ali described Charles's first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, as being able to engage with the public on issues such as mental health in spite of her being ""uneducated and intellectually insecure"". Princess Michael of Kent has said that Diana struggled with praise on account of her difficult upbringing and because she ""did not have much education"". According to tapes released in 2004, Diana had said that her immediate family members told her she was ""the thick one"". Diana failed her O-level examinations (equivalent of a high school"
"Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer; 31 July 1710 – 27 September 1735), was a member of the Spencer family known for the unsuccessful attempt of marriage with Frederick, Prince of Wales. Orphaned by the age of 6, Lady Diana, known by her family as ""dear little Di"", joined the household of her rich and ambitious maternal grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. She was her grandmother's favourite grandchild and closest confidante. The highly influential Duchess of Marlborough tried to arrange a secret marriage between Lady Diana and the Prince of Wales,"
"the royal household's members and staff. The night before the wedding 150 people, including heads of states and governments, were invited for a dinner with the Queen. 3,500 guests made up the congregation at St Paul's Cathedral. Charles and Diana selected St Paul's over Westminster Abbey, the traditional site of royal weddings, because St. Paul's offered more seating and permitted a longer procession through London. The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service, presided over by the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Very Reverend Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. 660,000 spectators lined"
"In 1975, after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer, she became known as Lady Diana Spencer. Diana came to prominence in February 1981 upon engagement to Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Their wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 July 1981 and made her Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, and Countess of Chester. The marriage produced two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on"
"the people, saying in her 1995 interview, that ""[She would] like to be a queen of people's hearts, in people's hearts."" According to Tina Brown, she could charm people with a single glance. Brown also points out that Diana's fame had spread around the world, even affecting Tony Blair who reportedly said that Diana had shown the nation ""a new way to be British"". Diana is often credited with widening the range of charity works carried out by the Royal Family in a more modern style, as well as affecting some of the household's traditional manners. Eugene Robinson of ""The"
"""pederasts and collaborators"". Following Duff Cooper's retirement in 1947, the couple continued to live in France at Chantilly, until his death in 1954. He was created Viscount Norwich in 1952, for services to the nation, but Lady Diana refused to be called Viscountess Norwich, claiming that it sounded like ""porridge"". Following her husband's death, she made an announcement in ""The Times"" to this effect, stating that she had ""reverted to the name and title of Lady Diana Cooper"". Lady Diana sharply reduced her activities in the late 1950s but did produce three volumes of memoirs: ""The Rainbow Comes and Goes"","
"which allowed Viscount Althorp to retain custody of Diana. The Queen Mother and Lady Fermoy became confidantes, and it was assumed by many that the two women engineered the match between their grandchildren, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. However, when asked about it, Lady Fermoy remarked: ""You can say that if you like – but it simply wouldn't be true"". She was also said to have counselled her granddaughter against the marriage, saying: ""Darling, you must understand that their sense of humour and their lifestyle are different, and I don't think it will suit you."" Lady Fermoy"
"as Baron Fellowes, of Shotesham in the County of Norfolk, after first being knighted as Sir Robert Fellowes. Lord and Lady Fellowes have three children and four grandchildren: These children are maternal first cousins of Prince William and Prince Harry. Laura is godmother to Prince William's daughter, Princess Charlotte. Lady Diana Spencer came up to Scotland in the summer of 1980 to help with her sister's newborn daughter, Laura Jane and, during that time, was allegedly courted by the Prince of Wales. After Diana's death, conflicting views about the two sisters' relationship were voiced. Diana's butler Paul Burrell stated that"
"the relationship was strained because of Lord Fellowes's position as secretary to the Queen, and that by the time of Diana's death they had not spoken in a number of years. On the other hand, Diana's childhood nanny, Mary Clarke, author of memoirs about the nanny's experience raising Diana, stated that the relations between the Baroness and Diana were not as bitter as Burrell and others have said or assumed. It is not clear when their relationship deteriorated (if it did), but the sisters were neighbours on the Kensington Palace estate, with Diana living at Numbers 8 and 9, and"
"have a paying job before her engagement. She made her first public appearance with Prince Charles in a charity ball in March 1981 at Goldsmiths' Hall, where she met the Princess of Monaco. Twenty-year-old Diana became Princess of Wales when she married the Prince of Wales on 29 July 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, which offered more seating than Westminster Abbey, a church that was generally used for royal nuptials. The service was widely described as a ""fairytale wedding"" and was watched by a global television audience of 750 million people while 600,000 spectators lined the streets to catch a"
"allegedly suicidal unhappiness, caused a media storm. Morton later revealed that in 1991 he had also conducted a secret interview with Diana in which she had talked about her marital issues and difficulties. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh hosted a meeting between Charles and Diana and unsuccessfully tried to effect a reconciliation. Philip wrote to Diana and expressed his disappointment at the extra-marital affairs of both her and Charles; he asked her to examine their behaviour from the other's point of view. The Duke was direct and Diana was sensitive. She found the letters hard to take, but"
"both had an accident during their first pregnancy; and both died unexpectedly at a young age. Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer; 31 July 1710 – 27 September 1735), was a member of the Spencer family known for the unsuccessful attempt of marriage with Frederick, Prince of Wales. Orphaned by the age of 6, Lady Diana, known by her family as ""dear little Di"", joined the household of her rich and ambitious maternal grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. She was her grandmother's favourite grandchild and closest confidante. The highly influential Duchess"
"marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and gambling. She was the great-great-great-grand-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. Their lives, centuries apart, have been compared in tragedy in contemporary time. The duchess was born Miss Georgiana Spencer, on 7 June 1757, as the first child of John Spencer (later Earl Spencer) and his wife, Georgiana (née Poyntz, later Countess Spencer), at the Spencer family home, Althorp. After her daughter's birth, her mother wrote that ""I will own I feel so partial to my Dear little Gee, that I think I never shall love another so well"". Two younger siblings followed: Henrietta and"
"called them ""the Germans"". She believed that Diana was a ""victim of her own poor judgment"" as she lost social privilege by doing the ""Panorama"" interview. Some observers characterised her as a manipulative person. It was also alleged by some people that the Princess and her former father-in-law, Prince Philip, had a relationship filled with tension; however, other observers said that their letters provided no sign of friction between them. Author Anne Applebaum believed that Diana has not had any impact on public opinions posthumously; an idea supported by Jonathan Freedland of ""The Guardian"" who also noted in his article"
"In the same year, the ""News of the World"" claimed that Diana had made over 300 phone calls to the married art dealer Oliver Hoare. These calls were proven to have been made from both her Kensington Palace apartment and from the phone box just outside the palace. According to Hoare's obituary, there was little doubt that she had been in a relationship with him. However, the Princess denied any romantic relationship with Hoare, whom she described as a friend, and said that ""a young boy"" was the source of the nuisance calls made to Hoare. She was also linked"
"its association with the previous holder, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in 1997. Instead, she uses the title Duchess of Cornwall, the feminine form of her husband's highest-ranking subsidiary title. The Princess of Wales is not a princess in her own right. There have been some Princesses of Wales who were addressed as such: for example, Alexandra of Denmark and Mary of Teck were called ""Princess Alexandra"", and ""Princess Victoria Mary"" respectively. However, that was because they were already princesses when they married. Diana, Princess of Wales, was commonly called ""Princess Diana"" following her marriage to Charles, Prince of"